Pastel Snowflake Cards - Simon Says Stamp Gina K Class Kit

Hello! Did you watch the most recent Create Together class from Simon Says Stamp yesterday with Gina K? Well, I'm excited today to be sharing a couple cards as fresh inspiration using the class kit contents! I love the stamp set, and the fresh and fun color palette of inks - so inspiring to play with! Keep reading to find out how I created these cards!

For the first card, I grabbed all 4 of the ink cubes, swiped them on my glass mat, misted with water, then smooshed in a panel of watercolor cardstock. I love how the colors blended together! Once that dried thoroughly, I stamped the 3 largest snowflakes on the panel allowing them to hang off each of the edges. I used just one of the stencils in the center of each snowflake, and blended the same coordinating ink color on each snowflake to match the color underneath, blending two together when necessary. I also used the stencil to add Silver Sparkle Paste over the very centers of each snowflake. I trimmed that panel down to fit over the largest Sparkler Scallop Frame cut from white cardstock, and mounted that with foam on my white cardbase. 

For the second card, I stamped and heat embossed each snowflake, then blended over with the Carnation, Tropic, and Limelicious inks to create an emboss resist technique. I then chose one stencil layer for each snowflake, and blended the same color over top but heavier for a deeper shade and some interest, then die cut them out. I embossed a panel of Tessellating Snowflakes, then tore the edges on a strip of it, then adhered with an angle on my cardfront. Added some tiny thing black cardstock strips, then adhered the ink blended snowflakes over top in an overlapping fashion with foam adhesive. 

Finally, for both cards, I stamped sentiments from the Christmas Star Flakes set, then die cut them out along with a few additional die cut layers to stack for a solid and dimensional sentiment. I also embellished with a few of the Dazzling Clear gems in the kit to finish off! Here are more photos of the finished cards:

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Monochromatic Floral Frame Thanks - Simon Says Stamp

Hello! Finishing out the month with one more card, and I think it's one of my favorites! It took me a little while to get it all where I was happy with it, but in the end, I love how it turned out! I used a few items from the newest release at Simon Says Stamp - and feel like I channeled my inner Emily Midgett for this card - which is especially fitting, since she is the one who illustrated this set!

I started off with some new colors of Concord & 9th cardstock - the main color is called Bluebell. I stamped the new Daisy Frame image and white heat embossed it on a panel of that color, then ink blended over the top with the coordinating stencils using Twilight and Galaxy inks. I die cut it with the coordinating die, and just love all the fun detail! I used another panel of that same color of cardstock for the background, trimmed a tiny bit smaller than my white A2 cardbase, then added a smaller panel of white cardstock that I embossed with the Whirlpool Spinner embossing folder. I added a few thin strips on a diagonal with more of the C&9 cardstock, this time the color I used was Capri. The sentiment was the part I struggled with the longest - I kept trying other things, but just didn't love them. Then, I pulled out the new Opulent Thanks sentiment die, and it was like the magical music started playing - it was perfect! I die cut it from white glitter cardstock, and the shadow layer from vellum, then adhering it on that same diagonal from the smaller cardstock strips. Perfection! Here is a closer look at all the fun details on this monochromatic card:

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Floral Arch Card Set - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Today I'm using up leftovers from the cards I shared last night - die cut shapes are so fun to run through an embossing folder, and Simon Says Stamp has so many lovely ones! This one is from the newest release, and paired up with some of the new XL Reverse Sentiment strips, these cards came together so quickly and easily!

I had the die cut panels from A2 Stitched Arches die, cut from Lawn Fawn Schoolyard paper pack already, so I ran them through the new Alstroemeria Blooms embossing folder. I layered them with foam adhesive on my white cardbases, then added sentiments from the new Big Bold Headlines Reverse XL Sentiment Strips, cut with the XL EZ Strips Banners die. I rounded off the top two corners of each card to match the arch design, then finished off by tucking a few very closely coordinating enamel glitter dots on each card - they add a subtle bit of texture and interest! Here are more photos of this fun set:

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Woodland Arch Scene Cards - Simon Says Stamp

Hello! I'm stopping by with a set of cards today using supplies from the recent release at Simon Says Stamp, paired up with a couple of add on sets from the last card kit. I think they worked so well together, and these cards were absolutely fun to put together!

I started off these cards by creating some soft ink blended backgrounds with the Darling Patterns 1 stencil set. I blended my lightest shades of ink from the center of panels of white cardstock first, then blended the deeper shade of ink over the top with each of the stencils. I used Butter, Zest, Rhubarb, Apple, Seafoam, and Surf inks. Next, I paired sentiments from Paper Cut Messages with images from Woodland Friends, and stamped both of those directly over the ink blended panels with black ink. Next, I created the arch windows using A2 Stitched Arches dies, cutting one each from coordinating colors of Lawn Fawn Schoolyard cardstock, then a smaller one from Tonic Sugar Crystal glitter cardstock to tuck behind to add a double layer framed effect. I adhered those together, then popped them up on foam adhesive over the main images! Here are more photos of all these cute finished cards:

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Bold Sunflower Card Duo - Simon Says Stamp Every Happiness Release

Good morning! Today I've got some bold and bright cards using more of the NEW Every Happiness release from Simon Says Stamp - and I'm using that same amazing sunflower layering stamp that I shared a project with last week. This time I switched up the stem colors, and made a set of cards instead of a 3D project.

I stamped a couple of the blooms from the beautiful Sunflower Meadow layering set with the same Butter, Zest, Honey, and Allspice for the bloom, then switched things up and stamped the stems with Cadette ink. I just love yellow and blue together! For the background, I used some Honey cardstock with the gorgeous new Bedazzled embossing folder, then layered up a couple of the new Stitched Arches dies cut from white and Starlight cardstock. I used sentiments from the set, stamped in black, wrapped some white twine around the entire cards and tied in a bow, then finished off with a few Dazzling Sunbeam gems for sparkle! Here are more photos of this finished set:

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